Tag: child labour
13 bonded labourers released after five years of confinement and sexual...
KARACHI: The police on Wednesday recovered 13 bonded individuals who had allegedly been kept in illegal confinement for five years in a private jail in...
Child labour: A ‘hypocritical’ condemnation
By Sahibzada Mayed Ali Khan
What's the first thought that comes to your mind when you hear the term child labour? You would probably think,...
Hypocritical condemnation: Child labour causes much greater pain
Give child a chance at creating his own reality rather than choosing his fate for him
What's the first thought that comes to your...
Need to enroll bonded labourer’s children in schools: SPARC
HYDERABAD: Society of Protection of Rights of Child (SPARC) National Manager Kashif Bajeer said on Thursday that the children of freed bonded labourers must be...
Implementation of child protection laws needed with budgetary allocation: Reham
Implementation of child protection laws in all provinces is needed with budgetary allocation to break the chain of child labour once and for all.
Reham...
Minister satisfied with government’s education strategy
LAHORE: Punjab School Education Minister Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan said that the Punjab Government has provided record funds for the promotion of education since...
Punjab govt’s campaign against child labour running successfully: minister
Punjab Labour and Human Resource Minister Raja Ashfaq Sarwar, on Thursday, said that the government earmarked Rs 449 for the elimination of child labour...
Child labour stumbling block in national development: NA Speaker
National Assembly (NA) Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said that child labour is a huge impediment to children’s rights and a barrier to national...
Indian passes controversial child labour law
India’s parliament on Tuesday passed a new labour law that allows children to work for their families despite concerns by activists that it will...
Punjab govt bans child labour, restricts working of youth at ‘hazardous’...
The Punjab government has banned employment of children and restricted the working of youth aged between 15 and 18 years at hazardous places.
The ban...
Rights group slams Afghan child labour
Afghanistan is failing to protect tens of thousands of children, some as young as five, from hazardous jobs that are prohibited by its own...
Literacy Dept to establish more schools for ‘young labourers’ at brick...
The Punjab Ministry for Labour and Human Resource has decided to hire services of a third party to monitor the enrollment of children working...
Govt committed to eliminating child labour: CM
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) government is determined to eliminate child labour from Punjab. He said...
World Day against Child Labour observed
Like all parts of the globe, World Day Against Child Labour was also observed in Pakistan on June 12, to highlight the plight of...
Govt committed to eradicating child labour: CM
Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that training, education and proper care of children is essential for the progress and prosperity of the...
HRCP calls for end to child labour
A workshop by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on child labour was organised at their offices on Thursday, focusing on the rights...
